Students explore new career options at Long Beach Career and Technical Education Facility
Freshman and sophomores at Long Beach High spent part of their day learning about technical career paths they can explore after high school.…
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Ribbon cutting for Long Beach career and technical education center
The Long Beach Bearcats are getting more career opportunities for the 2024 - 2025 school year! The Long Beach School District broke ground in May…
Long Beach's new Career and Technical Education center nearly finished
Long Beach School District's Career and Technical Education Center is nearly ready to welcome its first year of students. Previously, the district was hosting its CTE courses at the…
Long Beach agencies working together for student safety
To prevent the worst from happening inside a school, Long Beach police teams and the fire department conduct active shooter drills inside an elementary school. Inside WJ Quarles…
Long Beach School District Tops Coast Graduation Rates
Long Beach, MS – Long Beach School District’s 97.2% topped the Coast and earned a spot in the top 10 in the state for graduation rate far exceeding the state average of 89.4%. “This is a great achievement for our district.…
Long Beach schools receive significant donation
The Long Beach School Board convened a special meeting today, joined by several honored guests, in recognition of a significant donation to its "Excellence in Education" foundation. The donation was made by…
Juvenile charged with possession of weapon by student in Long Beach
On August 10th, 2023 the Long Beach Police Department was contacted by the Long Beach School District in reference to a student bringing a gun to an after-school activity. The Long Beach Police Department responded and conducted an investigation in…
Long Beach Police and Fire conduct active shooter training drills for school district
Long Beach police and fire departments teamed up this week with the school district to conduct active shooter training drills. The departments partnered…
Long Beach School District breaks ground on new career and technical education center
More career opportunities will be coming to Long Beach High School students in the 2024-25 school year. The Long Beach School District had…
Long Beach School District earns Mississippi Military Star School Designation
All five schools in the Long Beach School District earned the designation of Mississippi Military Star School. The inaugural group of 61 schools from 12 districts in…
Long Beach School District receives $10,000 donation
The Long Beach School District received a donation of $10,000 from Alliance Health Center to help with its Early Learning Program. The collaboration supports the district’s pre-k program with…
Long Beach School District offering new Pre-K program
Four-year-olds are now going to school in the Long Beach School District. Quarles and Reeves Elementary schools have started a new pre-k program. Before this school year, kids…
Reeves Elementary teachers earn Golden Crayon award
Three teachers at Reeves Elementary School went above and beyond for one of their students this past school year. This year, Long Beach School District honored a few teachers…
Long Beach School District added to Early Learning Collaborative
Long Beach School District will introduce a pre-K early learning program next year, thanks to a grant from the Department of Education. The $750,000 grant will allow…
Long Beach Bearcats celebrate Homecoming with parade
It’s homecoming week for Long Beach High School and tonight was their Bearcat Homecoming Parade. At 6 p.m., the Long Beach School District brought school spirit throughout the community.…
Long Beach schools come together to help Ida victims
The Long Beach School District decided to get together to provide help for Louisiana victims of Hurricane Ida. The district decided that they needed to do something…
Long Beach School District to take part in Mission Acceleration
Long Beach School District has been selected to be a part of Mission Acceleration’s pilot program designed to accelerate reading achievement for 1,000 children in Mississippi.…
The Long Beach School District implementing mask mandate
The Long Beach School District Board of Trustees announced this evening that universal masking will begin district-wide beginning tomorrow at 8 a.m. The board says this decision stems from "our ongoing focus to keep students onsite and engaged as in-person…
New Long Beach School District superintendent discusses transition
A new era is set to begin soon in the Long Beach School District with the appointment of a new superintendent. Dr. Talia Lock discusses the transition and her plans for Long Beach schools. The Long Beach…
Long Beach School District announces Dr. Talia Lock as new superintendent
The Long beach School District Board of Trustees did not have to search long or far for its next superintendent. Monday night, the five board members approved Dr. Talia Lock to serve as superintendent effective July 1st…
Long Beach Superintendent Dr. Jay Smith leaving at end of 20-21 school year
The LBSD Board of Trustees has agreed to release Superintendent Dr. Jay Smith from his contract effective June 30, 2021. Dr. Smith will begin serving as Superintendent of the North Pike School District on July 1, 2021, where he once…
School closures ahead of possible severe weather
Some schools in South Mississippi are closing due to possible severe weather headed our way. The Hancock County School District is closing schools tomorrow, August 24th. This will also include distance learners. The Gulfport School District will run a 60%…
Long Beach School District announced reopening plans for 2020-2021
The Long Beach School District announced its reopening plans for the fall of 2020 semester. The new policy stated that classes will be back in classrooms for the first day of school on August 6th, 2020. Among many other new…
Long Beach School District to reopen August 6th, 2020
The Long Beach School District will begin classes as scheduled on August 6th, 2020 in a traditional manner. Until further notice, all students will follow the 2020-2021 school calendar as adopted by the LBSD Board of Trustees in February 2020.…